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Join me today on an Advent reflection with Isaiah as we enter into this time of preparation for the reception of the Lord. This episode focuses on how we can enter into the season by taking an introspective look at our lives and what can slow the coming of the Lord in our lies:

Self-reliance and independence from God
What have we allowed to grow in the gardens of our hearts that crowds out the Lord
What idols have we made
What are we building that keep us from the Lord
Do our long-term plans in life include the Lord

Reading from Isaiah CH 2

The Lord’s Day of Judgment on Pride

6 You have abandoned your people,

the house of Jacob!

Because they are filled with diviners,

and soothsayers, like the Philistines;

with foreigners they clasp hands.

7 Their land is full of silver and gold,

there is no end to their treasures;

Their land is full of horses,

there is no end to their chariots.

8 Their land is full of idols;

they bow down to the works of their hands,

what their fingers have made.

9 So all shall be abased,

each one brought low.

Do not pardon them!

10 Get behind the rocks,

hide in the dust,

From the terror of the LORD

and the splendor of his majesty!

11 The eyes of human pride shall be lowered,

the arrogance of mortals shall be abased,

and the LORD alone will be exalted, on that day.

12 For the LORD of hosts will have his day

against all that is proud and arrogant,

against all that is high, and it will be brought low;

13 Yes, against all the cedars of Lebanon

and against all the oaks of Bashan,

14 Against all the lofty mountains

and all the high hills,

15 Against every lofty tower

and every fortified wall,

16 Against all the ships of Tarshish

and all stately vessels.

17 Then human pride shall be abased,

the arrogance of mortals brought low,

And the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

18 The idols will vanish completely.

19 People will go into caves in the rocks

and into holes in the earth,

At the terror of the LORD

and the splendor of his majesty,

as he rises to overawe the earth.

20 On that day people shall throw to moles and bats

their idols of silver and their idols of gold

which they made for themselves to worship.

21 And they shall go into caverns in the rocks

and into crevices in the cliffs,

At the terror of the LORD

and the splendor of his majesty,

as he rises to overawe the earth.

22 As for you, stop worrying about mortals,

in whose nostrils is but a breath;

for of what worth are they?

Topics: Scripture, Bible, Advent Reflection, Relationship with Jesus,

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